According to court records, the victim was a toddler when the abuse took place. Rue allegedly recorded much of the abuse on his cell phone camera and transferred the videos to various USB drives.

Salem police were alerted to the abuse after the USB drives were found by others. A few drives ended up in borrowed toolbox. When a woman grabbed the drives to reuse them, she was horrified to discover several videos documenting graphic sexual abuse.

Another woman found more USB drives in a camera case and reported the videos to police.

Rue was arrested in July 2016 and later indicted on 17 counts including strangulation, sodomy and attempted assault.

He was deemed to be a dangerous flight risk and danger to his victim. In a notice filed in Marion County, Deputy District Attorney Ashley Cadotte stated that Rue had shown deliberate cruelty to a vulnerable victim. His incarceration, she said, was necessary for public safety.

In his plea petition filed Wednesday, Rue admitted to abusing, assaulting and molesting the boy.

The remaining charges were dismissed.

Rue was convicted of delivering methamphetamine twice in 2006. He also was convicted of burglary in 2016 and theft in 2016. He currently is facing charges of burglary, unlawful use of a weapon, menacing and harassment in Polk County.

First-degree sodomy and unlawful sexual penetration are both Measure 11 offenses requiring mandatory minimum sentences of eight years and four months in prison. Using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct carries a minimum sentence of five years and 10 months.